Things worth stopping for

Photos from airfields, airshows and the odd lucky sky. All mine.

2026 7 photos

  • Reef in a white pilot shirt and dark trousers standing in front of a single-engine training aircraft on a sunny apron, with a hangar and more aircraft behind
  • Broken cloud lit by low sun above flat dark land, with a propeller blade and the cowling in the foreground
  • The wing of a light aircraft in flight over a dark lake and flat green land at first light under a pale blue sky
  • The propeller and cowling of a light aircraft in flight over green farmland under a deep blue sky
  • Reef in sunglasses and a patterned shirt standing next to a tall orange windsock on a gravel verge, with parked cars and cloud behind
  • A town at night seen from the cockpit, streets of orange and white lights beyond the wing, with low cloud above
  • A row of white single-engine training aircraft parked on a ramp, registrations N8587K, N8586A and N8581A, seen through a fence on a clear day

2025 2 photos

  • Red Arrows trailing smoke in a looping pattern against a deep blue sky with the sun low on the right
    Plane spottingRed Arrows at EGHHWhy work when you can watch the Red Arrows.Bournemouth Airport ·
  • Red Arrows in tight formation leaving a red, white and blue smoke trail through backlit cloud
    Plane spottingRed Arrows at EGHHSame display, a different angle.Bournemouth Airport ·

2024 1 photo

  • Two widebody airliners, one in Asiana colours and one in British Airways colours, on the taxiway at Heathrow with the control tower behind
    Plane spottingHotel room viewYou could not ask for a better view the night before your initial Class 1 medical.Heathrow Airport ·

2023 1 photo

  • A B-17 Flying Fortress banking overhead against blue sky and broken cloud
    Plane spottingDuxford AirshowDuxford Airshow 2023.IWM Duxford ·

2021 1 photo

  • A blue and white Boeing 747 freighter taxiing along a grass-edged airfield behind a wire fence under broken cloud
    Plane spotting747 at EMAQueen of the skies, spotted from the Aeropark.East Midlands Airport ·